Burial-vault.



n. e. WBLTNBR & G. R. ALLEBA'UGH'. 4Bumm. VAULT. AYPLIOATIOH FILED APR. 1, 19,08.

916,074. Patented @1.23, 1909.

A UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE- .v noEIsoN e. WELTNER @SQQEQRGE' E. ALLEBAUGE, or MCcLELLAND'rowN, PENNsYLvANrA.

BURIAL-vaciar,

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, RoBIsoN G. WELT- NER and GEORGE R. ALLEBAUGH, .citizens of .r the United States, residing at McClellandtown, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial-Vaults, of which the following is a specification. This invention has for its object an improved construction ofburial vault, which, when closed, will be water proof, and which will be impossible to o en without breaking the Vault after it has been once closed and sealed. With these and other objects inview as will more fully appear as the 'description proceeds, the invention consists in certain vconstructions, 'arrangements and combinations of the .parts that we will hereinafter fully describe and claim. g

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had'to the following dcscription and accompanying drawing, in`

which:

sectionalyiew thereof; and, Fig. Sis/a/chetail view illustra'tinfg-the. ipartsetlnit*I joint.

Corresponding and like parts' are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views o the drawings by the same #egrence characters.

Referring to the drawing, thenumeral 1 designates ,the base of-ourimproved burial vault and 2 the top .or body portion adapted to rest upon and be .securedto 4the base..

The base 1 is formed with a thickened margin 3 in which are formed outer and inner ower margin of the body portion. The

ribs 7 are formed with grooved side walls, as indicated at 8 so as to orm locking tongues.

In sealing the vault, cement is run into 'theundercut grooves 4 and, the top or bodyportion 2 of the vault is then placed upon the base, the ribs' 7 passing through the vFigure 1 is a perspective view of our im# proved burial vault; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal Specification of Letters Patent. Application-*tiled April 1, 1908. Serial No. 42.4..,609.

Patented March 23,1909.

entrance portions of the grooves 4 into the undercut ortions of the grooves and being firmly em edded in the cement which will settle around the ribs and in the grooved sidewalls thereof, so as to effect a Water tight and air tight joint. Preferably the lo'w'er ends of the ribs 7- are of a width substantially equal to the entrance portions of the grooves 4.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that we have provided a simple and efficient construction of'burial vault whichmay be easily sealed and which will be water tight, even though it were not sealed, as water cannot enter until the air is removed and there is no way for the air to go' out after the body portion has been placed firmly upon the base. It will also be seen that after the cement has set, it will be impossible to open the vault without breaking it, as the inner rib and groovel cannot be reached from the outside. l

It is obvious that the vaultcan be made of any. material suitable for the purpose, such as cement or concrete, steel, glass, or enameled cast-iron, and that it may be of any desired shape and proportion of parts.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A burial Vault comprising a base and a body portion thereon, one of said part-s being formed with a groove and the other with a rib adapted to t in said groove,l and one of said parts being formed 'with an inner groove within they margin of the body portion and spaced from the first named groove, while the other part -is formed with a rib adapted to be seated in the second mentioned groove, the ribs being sli htly smaller than the grooves and the latter eing adapted to receive the same whereby to`seal the ribs in the grooves, and whereby also to provide an inner sealed joint between the body ortgm and the base separate and distinct rom theouter sealed joint.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses. 9 l

RoBIsoN e. WELTNER. [L. SJ

GEORGE' R. ALLEBAGH. [ne] 'Witnessesz y GEO. vB. HEETEE,

CHARLES T. CAMEE. 

